BEIRUT: Lebanese Forces stepped up its campaign against State
Prosecutor Saeed Mirza Wednesday, accusing him of obstructing investigations
into kidnappings of Syrian opposition members.
“[Mirza] does not want to hear [us] because he knows that
kidnappings of Syrian opposition members have occurred in Lebanon,” LF said in
a statement. “He is covering them up and preventing investigations from taking
place.”
The statement was in response to Mirza saying he was not aware
of LF leader Samir Geagea’s Tuesday accusation that employees at the state
prosecutor’s office were involved in the kidnappings of Syrian dissidents.
“I had some social duties, I did not hear what he said,” Mirza
told reporters.
The LF fired back at Mirza saying that the state prosecutor’s
duties are judicial and national, rather than social.
“If the state prosecutor did not hear what we said yesterday, we
will repeat it today because we want him to listen,” the statement said.
During a chat with reporters at his office in Meerab, Geagea
accused the office of the prosecutor of involvement in the recent kidnappings
of Syrians, some of whom are believed to be members of the opposition.
"[There are] security reports on these operations that show
that some security service personnel and [members] of the general prosecution's
[office] are complicit [in the kidnappings],” he said.
Last month, police chief Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi released a report
implicating the Syrian Embassy and members of the country’s Internal Security
Forces of involvement in the kidnapping of Syrian dissidents. The embassy has
denied the accusations.
The Syrian opposition urged Prime Minister Najib Mikati's
government Wednesday to take the necessary measure to prevent further
kidnappings, expressing concern over the presence of its members in the
neighboring country.
"The Council is very worried that opposition members are
being handed over to the Syrian security services and as such risk death,"
the group said in a statement.
Three
brothers, believed to be Syrian opposition members, as well as Shibli
al-Aisamy, a dissident and co-founder of Syria’s ruling Baath Party have
disappeared in recent months.
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